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T PERSAINS SPARKING LANDED E STATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FREE HOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER FIAS GENERALLY— To BE II "_D GRATIS at the principal Railway Bookstalls throu ghor.t the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, C 'aancery-Pine, London, Messrs. E. and H. Lumley's FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion. with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Reeister affords, by sending the p ar ti cu l ars of their propert i es to the Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, hr where the prop er t y i s of an eligible character, thereby avoid : the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon 'yeti en ces. THERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. T" ENGLISH and FOREIGN LIBRARY CMPANY (Li). Capital £lOO.OOO. in Shares of £lO ea m ch ; ited £1 to be pi - id on a 1- I,lication, and £1 10s. on Allot men t. If no Allotment be made the Deposit will be returned. I L - dor-Gen. Si r Hen DIREOTORS. ry C. Rawlinson, K.C.8., F.R.S., 1, Hill street, Berkeley-square. The Rev. G. R. Gleig, Chaplain-General to the Forces, War wick-square. Charles Neate, Esq., M.P., Oriel rolleize, Oxford. (:,oleridg J. Kennard, Es , Lombard-street. erdinand Freiligrath, Esq., Band of Switzerland, Royal Exch aNze-buddings. o hn William Kaye. Esq., 59. Lincoln's-inn-fields. I( obert Bell, F'Sq F.R.S.L., 11, York-street, Portman-square (V% ith power to add to their number.) BANKERS. The Consolidated Bank, L vabard-street, London. BROKER. George H. Haslewood, Esq., 7, Lothbury. Charles 14 AUDITORS. John -u — Molds, Esq. Allhallow-chambers, Lombard-st. aa, Esq. (Messrs., Quilter, Ball, and Co.), Moorgate-at. S. Messrs. Bevan and SOLICITO Whiti ß ng, 6, Old Jewry. SECRETARY (PRO TEM.) W. R. Prideaux, Esq. Offices, 15, Old Bond-street. It is r , r ,, ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. "PORed to establish this Company on a more Com rly —ve Plan, and with more complete machinery for the atter s a n n i . e d „regular delivery of books than has hitherto been immediately All new works of value or interest circulated of sui u after publication. Daily deliveries at the houses hont distinction er dl ibers In town Books will be provided for all readers deed or party. orilj,ll D e p artment wid comprise a Scientific DeoFtmeiA . a e Colonies. p, and a Department for India and in Th e Ts, of -uirection will combine men of eminence in the circles rterature and Commerce. Libl r atifZements have been made to purchase Hookham's 01 . 'Sty, Old Bond street the oldest in existence, as a basis of value and 'vast extent, yielding 12 per cent. E on the purchase money. Shar eholders will be entitled to special priv i l e g es (as de taile in advertisement below). atPull prospectuses and forms of application may be obtained the Offices of the Company, 15, Old Bond-street ; or of 'esars. Bevan and Whitting, solicitors, 6, Old Jewry, City. THE ENGLISH and FOREIGN LIBRARY COMPANY (Limited). , Every Original Allottee ot Ten Shares and upwards. who k!. also a subscriber, shall be entitled to Three additional ()limes in respect of the first ten shares, and One additional Volume for every additional five shares up to one hundred hares SOllO ESTATE. HOUSE, AND GENERAL BUSINESS AGENCY OFFICES.—Persons requiring Freehold or Leasehold Property, or having Business and !alai opes to be disposel of should apply to Mr. CHARLES itRAY Auctioneer and Valuer, 26, Gerrard-street, Soho, W, _ Va luations for Prob a t e Ad m i n i s t ra ti on, Fir e Claims, Rail wa7 Compensatio ns , & c. Rents Collected. AtR. REARDEN, LAND ESTATE. and HOUSE AGENT, SURVEYOR and VALUER, 91 qtee , PICCADILLY, near Cambridge Clouse, opposite the Parti c ,aric, Established 23 Years, respectfully invites the s tars of Landed Estates, Farms, and House Property e Y i ; l e , to be Let, or waived to Rent or Purchase, for which only age is Made unless a treaty is concluded, and then o s usual rates of charge, particulars of which will be part'qd a PPlication. In all cases of his Letting Farms Mr. , charg. , ,es the Tenant only, and not the Lsnd i o v r e d. p erBo “....ra of Property fur Sale and to be Let wid be n and allY. or forwarded free of charge. N.B.—Several Town WantedatnotrY Rendidences, Landed Properties, and Farms n Purchase immediattly. Di rect full particulars to Mr. Reardon as above. EA.--MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti cep"nate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They t3 d, 1 3, . 27. Y; r s e e° o namend their improved Family Tea, reduced t. s ce, cl to 3. alb reduced to 3s. 6d. ; mixed Assam, re - ' B .l °'• • and the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. Per 11; • , ..013 1 . • "-----______ROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. P Tit T ed k c eL32B .--The Patent Newly-invented f the -Pect "les are patronised by the majority o Sa ll 7 n r,e'lef to p i °rd' Intl P e et Palmerston. They afford extra di nd detective Yision.—S. and B 397 A, and detective ylßion.—S. and B - Pticians, 39, Albemarle-Street, Piccadilly. P O WELL'S BALSAM of ANISEED, Pot. COUGHS. COLDS. SHORTNESS of r( l , t BREATH, INFLUENZA, &c. " 15 t„by TnomAs rOWELL, 16, Blackfriars-road, and IP '4 klemiats, at Is. lid., 2s. 3d., and lls. per bottle. STAMP YOUR PAPER, tVELOPES, INVOICES, &c., with JONES'S PATENTThe PERCUSSION E3IBOSSING PRESS. above would be found useful to youths at school for co-'4ossing. their Books, Drawinzs, Pacers, &c. The Press Plete, with Plain Crest, Name, or Business Die, 9s. 6d. Note the Address :—WILLI AM JONES, Die Sinker, Press POs to aker Day and Mawr, 3,. Queen's-court, High Holborn (op rtin's) ENS ON'S WATCHES, adapted for any climate and country: wholesale and retail. Chronometer, duplex, lever, horizontal, vertical, repeding, centre seconds, less, astronornicil. reversible, and chronograph watches, from 200 to three guineas each. An illustrated p imphlet and pri:e list of every description of watch post free for two stamps. J. W. BENSON, by special warrart of appointment watch !lid clock maker to H.R.H. the lirinc3 of Wales. Manufac tory, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, E.C. IREAUTIFUL WOMEN.—Alabaster Powder, , and the Magnetic Rock Dew Water from Sahara. , co nari Bloom, Arabian Soaps, and Alabaster Liquid. The se . t ee lLY and inimitable toilet preparations render the hair, lia c t," ol , complexion beautiful beyond corn_parison.—Can be wh e " 111 3 , at Madame RACIIKL'S, 47A, New Bond-street, 6trierteqbe can be consulted daily. All communications are N ° C URE NO PAY.—The Pre-eminent success ptrx attending the use of KERSHAW'S VOLTAI I C e cure';tlßLE BELT, novel in principle and action, in t 1 being il l ie d r v° ll B and muscular affections, admits of its sale be bad 0 4-e d ePendent upon verified efficacy. A new Belt ea x in e uiarbaakic,o nt . rial for a month, free of charge, for rheumatism, Be,leatati:oalo, oPoaalnieCtirici 1 epilepsy, nervous debility, paralysis, ms , do_9n r ...._ , Lx bronchial cough, asthma ' spa tinu: inactive liver, &c. By the mild con lien. tuallY resto"""t a teorci r ed. evolved, exhausted vital enemy is e -i- flees 5s to 15s, each ; for extreme cases, ;1 . n_ si ze 'ed.f a , ann pOwe . r. Testimonial , s sent free.—Depot, `` e, 11n.,2; William-street, Uty. VA,TING'S COUGH LOZENGES.—Statistics milon,„y,.24,uor,othat 50,003 persons annually fall victims to Pill; b e e e ttsetrinhtl rders, orz consumption . , di . sease . the respiratorygans. Prevention is at gli times Wintry 2 4 Cure; be, therefore, prepared during the wet an_d () ZET‘n,..ason with a supply p ot KEATING'S COITI - 1 s of chrin,`",S, which possess the virtue iif averting, as we a , or for ni a Cough or cold ; they are good alike for the youn, lq.oyi e aged—they soothe bronchial irritation ; and for im ilaveniog„the Voice, the preacher, statesman, singer, and actor 'i°. Patronised them. “ those/ " St. Paul's Catbeiral, 30th November, 1849. to have much pleastm in recommending your lozenges afford ed W ho may be distressed with hoarseness. They have si ttp. i me relief on several occasions when scarcely able to usefuir9tonicirehregyefrinetetos of catarrh. I think they would be very , barristers, and public orators. "I am, Sir, yours faithfully, 'To Mr. Rest . ing " "T II OXAS FaA.NeiS, Vicar Choral. ands, pared and sold in boxes, is lid, and tins, 2s 9d, 4s 6d, ,10 4-4........_____lit,stuacegddireciellacyahr.dloyLTohdonias K n e t ati u nm b , y ch a e l m l idrst,utgc.i,st7s), and n' dors n in e t n. he world, RIIPTIIRES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS: PATENT. RITE'S MOC,MAIN LEVER TRUSSG IllcutinZ"En AND RXIMITED IN THE ards of TWO g un TIP 1831 AND 1862), is allowed by "v 7 effective t use in theelt cal Gentlemen to be the mOl curative treatment of H ER NIA. The use of --a steel spring, so often hurtful in tin its effects, I the s here avoided —a soft bandag h hag worn 3S - h d y he body, while the requisite resisti e e -- is supplied ' se Moc-Min Pad autf Patent Lever , detected, and ma,' 7 a, be a the 'lfni-11V Meet% A descriptive circular may be ha t h e t dr .rilas, Which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post , on being tigfi jtg er with so much e o a rn otunierence ot the body, two inches below the hips, sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. Posteffe,ls. A. Single Truss, 1 6s • , 216 Us. Cd.,_and 318 . 8 d. 1, gd. Ak Double Truss 31s: 6d.,"42s , and 528. 6d. Postage, 411 Umbilical Tinge, 425. and 5 . 25. Bd. Postage, is. 10d. POist-OIRCe Orden to be made payable to John White, OffiCe, PlocadillY. Post- 614 NFORD S. SMITH. Secretary, NEW PATENT PALirvASTIo STOCKINGS, *O-tikns",EE-CAPS, ece., for Varicose Veins and all oases of Vorons and Swelling or the Legs, Sprains, dm They are fw e an i or l din igh a t in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on 11 . Posta g e ry stocking. price la, ad., 78. 6d., 10 8 ., t o 16 s. 4,) ed . .........._JOIIN WRITE. blanufacturar, 22% Piccadilly. IAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN .41__EFFECTITAL RE NIEDY, without confining the bowels ;Z,,*lifecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad ,% ,. , 7cl to be the best medicine for immediately relieving t it `,. - 2 ,1 ,., colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient co_n -I,gpiien. It frequently iires persons whorii the f acuity ,r`jnance incurable, adimrably allays the tickling which ii s e"gtes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption e,r eu g iets are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, .or in a ft ,Y l4 4* down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief \V. LAW,Pinutes after taking it. Prepared on!) , and sold . b o y cross i'llitltT, Chemist. 8, King - William -street, Charin..,;: thre e ; ° ndon, and by all druggists, in bottles, 13 . W., an i i , for Laublhltiti in one, 2.. Pd. each. Be particular. and as e h ( rrav,, e rts Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address ae. .............._____--•e. n' the stamp. ItrYAT, FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, I va , in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail ' a, errninus, King's-cross. vi_ Vatron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. '"Patron---ilis Royal Highness the Prince of W A LE F,K.G "President—ri is Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCIL K.G. Treasurer —Edward Masterman, Esq. raTii.e tillmerous end urgent appeals of the sick poor for ad ate‘fen compel the Committee to entreat the bounty of . the 1 . , I t i ,"d and humane, as the medical officers are daily obliged The e as out -patients many distres4ng cases which. with Th,, - ``nequate funds, they would gladly admit into the . waros. bed'i,Petuises of the licspital are capable of containing 500 voille 'Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on tli4tarY con tributions and legacies, which are received by eb„. _elusurer. Edward Maack:man, Esq., Nicholas-lane ; also o.alegsrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and l 'aY ' rie llanst " and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, ", .., aud Co. Glyn and Co. ; denies Loyd and Co. ; Barclay () ; ; l er ‘-; 0 - ; Denison and Co. ; Wdlianis, Deacon, and . to• ; 31a,te_nd- Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-ntreet ; 114 slnan i.nd in 10 till Co. ; I. Barnett and Co., Liverpool ; and a t ttcaildtal, fro S. CO I,tl t THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1864. N°. 22,321 17URNI FURE, CARPETS, B EDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any ho use in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. 7,ZCLEHGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR- N isH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and Co. are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo admirable engravings of every description of Furniture and Bedsteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gi atis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the fullowing revised scale : A Six-roomed Parsonage An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto A Twelve-roomed d:tto l . 391 11 0 Together with a Price List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valuable informationto all requiring househ 31d furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester. Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxford. Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington. Croydon. Cambridge, stables, Dorking, St. Alban's. Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great Britain. COBBETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptf ord bridge, London, B.E, WHERE CAN WE MEET AF FER THE PANTOMIMES ? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup at EVANS', Covent-garden. be the frosty weather. The men. are all likely soon to re cover. Admiralty orders have been. received at Chatham by Col. T. Lemon, C.li., commandant of the Chatham division of Royal Marines Light Infantry, directing Brevet-Major C. J. Ellis to proceed to Portsmouth, and Capt. T, G. S. Meheux to Plymouth, for eobsrkation. Capt. W. L. Tinmouth has received orders to proceed to Deal, where he will relieve Capt. P. M. C. Croker, who is to r ejoin head quarters pre vious to embarkatior • =The following appointments have been male at the Admi ralty :—Lieut. F. W. HaLlowes and Lieut. W. F. L. Elwyn to the Duncan ; Sub-Lieut. James It Marsden to the Royal Oak; Thomas Nelson, s'at,"-surg , to the Wellesley; J. W. M. Ashby, paymaster, to be secretary to Rear-Admiral Sir James Hope; David T. Waugh and Herbert F. Roe, assist.-paymasters, to the Duncan, to be secretary's clerks ; Thomas S. Chanter, assist.-paymaster, to the Dauntless; J. W. Leahy and W. Connolly, assist.•rurgeons for the Chatham Marines; R. Gilmour, assist.-surgeon additional, to the Wellesley; W. C. Fairbairn, assist.-surgeon, addi tional for disposal, to the Duncan; W. Pattullo, assist.- surgeon, additional to the Figard ; and Thomas S, Oborn, naval instructor, to the Duncan. in stock-taking. Very little disposition was evinced to transact business, and the value of lace yarns was less firm. There was scarcely anything doing in hosiery yarns, the late advance being scarcely obtainable. There is no altera tion to notice in the value of brown nets ; business trans acted almost nominal. WNAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It i y Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." PARIS. -GRAND HOTEL DU LOUVRE. Established in 1855.—Situated In the most Central part of Paris, Rue de Rivoli and Piece du Palais Royal—Six hundred Bedrooms at from 3 to 201r.-60 Sitting-rooms at from 4 to 20fr. —a richly decorated Dining Saloon—Table d'Hote at six o'clock—Public Coffee and Dining Rooms — Choice Wines—Dinners served a la carte both in the dining rooms and the private apartments—Reading and Conversa tion Saloons ; also Saloons for Musical, Wedding, and other parties—all Newspapers and Serial Publications received— Divans, Coffee, Smoking, and Billiard Rooms—numerous Bath-rooms —Carriages on the premises—first-class Private Equipages at command—Omnibuses running to all the rail way stations—Postal Letter-box—Teleg - ,raph office day and night—Photographic studio—a staff of Servants speaking all Languages. NEW WORK BY THE DUKE OF MANCHESTER. Next week, in 2 vols., Bvo., with Fine Portraits, 305., bound, COURT AND SOCIETY, FROM ELIZABETH TO ANNE. Edited from the Papers at Kimbolton, By the DUKE of MANCHESTER. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. STEAM from LONDON to NEW YORK The British and American Steam Navigation Company (Limited) will DESPATCH one of the undermentioned Splendid Fast Screw Steamers TWICE EACH MONTH for New York:— Tons. Horse Power. LONDON 2 WESTMINSTER.. 2,500 ..... 500 Capt. Couefi. DUBLIN 2,500 ..... 500 ..... Capt. PROUD. NEW YORK 2 5OO ..... 500 ..... (_'apt. Mums. These magnificent vessels are unsurpassed by any ocean going steamer, and have accommodation for passengers re plete witn every comfort. The Line will commence early in March ; the exact date to be fixed in a latter announcement. To load in the Victoria Docks. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.. FOR EVER: A STORY OF ENGLISH COUNTRY LIFE. By A CLERGYMAN. "A well-written, interesting stoy. It will not fail to secure a large share of public favour.''—Observer. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. For freight or passage apply to the Company's Agents, Alfred Laming and Co., 70, Cornhill. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., WOMAN'S RANSOM. By the Author of "Grandmother's Money," &o. "An excellent tale."—Daily News. "'A Woman's Ransom' will fascinate the attention of the reader to the very end."—John Bull.• Hurst and Black ett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any 1 one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Tneir world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. snd 2s. 9d. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. Now ready, in 4t0., with magnificent emblematic cover, price 215., morocco 31s. ed., THE ILLUSTRATED INGOLDSBY LEGENDS, from Sixty Origind Drawings by Cruikshank, Leech, and Tenniel. " There could not be found a more pleasant book than The Ingoldsby Legends.' A series of humorous legends, illuQtrated by three such men as Leech, Cruikshank, and Tenniel—what can be more tempting?"—Times, Dec. 4. An Edition without Illustrations, small Bvo., ss. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. This Day. Companion to " Anonyma," price 25., SKITTLES: A Biography of a " Fascinating " Woman. London : George Vickers, Angel-court, Strand. UNIFORM VITH " THE PRIVATE DETECTIVE." This day, Never before Published, price 25., QECRET SERVICE , Or, The Recollections of a City Detective. By A Forrester, jun.—London : Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street. , , ..... • .-- , :iy-: IP ... 4 . ~ , ... • ~. .., i ,. .e,%4,,:' i vo ~_ , . A - 1 , 7 0, , 4,0 \ ~AL. I I / , :,,.,,,..:?.,,,....:.,:.:,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,:.,; ';:,, . ',..-,;•,.;, ti: 1 . ,. '';, et i`i • ' ' ' fo 7 'oV 2" 11, , 1c 4..‘,.. "fr.„iftk,.. , ..1..;, oh , z , -f t -. E.-. 1 , tk. It ' 't - ,•'''''''''''''"- ,444 :..1. . • -. . 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A raised dais about six inches in height, surrounds this splendid apart ment, and is skirted and edged with marble, the pattern of the flooring being completed by the dais as a rich border. Upen this dais commodious seatswill be placed. Under each of the two extreme domes a large octagon slab of marble will support the desks appropriated to the recording of wagers, the writing of letters, despatches, &c. At the south-west corner is another set of folding doors which lead into an area of about 70ft by 4qft, for open-air betting, somewhat simi lar to the present Lawn, but paved in this case, and pro vided with many conveniences, and amongst others that of a telegraph-office. The subscription room is warmed by hand some open stoves, lined with Minton's tiles, surrounded with massive and appropriate chimney pieces, from the British and foreign marble galleries of Warwick House, Regent street, and surmounted by very lofty pier glasses. The grand or central entrance leads onwards through a tall iron gate way, over a tramroad for heavy traffic, into the principal public yard, 108 ft long by 60ft wide, appropriated to sales by auction. In the centre of this area will be found the old and familiar Temple of the other premises at Hyde .park corner, covering the aqueduct with its fox and the bast of Geo. IV, when in early life; and in the north-west corner the well-known pulpit of the auctioneer. The whole of the yard is covered by a gigantic roof of Hartley's patent glass, loOft in length, 102tt in breadth, and 60ft high. It is sup ported by iron girders, and constructed to admit or exclude the external air at pleasure, and thus obtain the greatest amount of ventilation. Surrounding and opening into this enclosure are some of the stables, of which there are in all 93 stalls and 20 loose boxes. Behind the north and west portions of the inner row of stalls is a wide roadway, upon the side of which are some of the loose boxes (intended for entire horses, and mares with their foals), the dimensions of which are remarkable, being 12ft by 14ft in size ! These are lighted by a ventilating louvre top, to which all foul air is at once carried, without retardation, by the peculiar construction of the sloping roof. The doors are likewise provided with the means of additional light an ventila- lion, All the divisions of the stalls are boarded up to sft bin in height, with elm planking, and have iron cap pings. An excellent system of trapping the drains, ren dering each independent of its fellow, is likewise notice able. We need not add that there are numerous corn-rooms, hay-lofts, washing departments, gas and water to each stall, &c.; but we may not pass the manure pits without a word in praise of their thorough efficiency, being arched over and all effluvia carried aloft by tall shafts. Nor may we omit to state that above the inner square of stables, and equally beneath the protection of the glass roof, is a gallery running the entire length of and around the oblong square area, for the repository of corriages. Under a portion of this gallery the tramway is terminated by a turn-table, upon which the carriages rest, and are raised to and lowered from the upper level by the hydraulic ma chinery of Easton and Amos, which is set in motion by sin ply turning a tap, being similar in principle to those now in use at the new monster hotels. Mz. Charles Freeman, of Lincoln's Inn-fields, is the architect of this complete structure, and Messrs. Holland and Ilannan, the builders, the clerk of the works being Mr. B. Pyle. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. ccxx wilt be Published on SATURD &Y NEXT, January 16th. CONTENTS. I. China. 11. American Views of England. 111. Forsyth's Life of Cicero. IV. Guns and Plates. V. Speke's Travels on the Nile. VI. Eels. VII. Rome in the Middle Ages. VIII. The Danish Duchies. John Murray, Albemarle-street. Now ready, in post Bvo., price 2s. Od., to be published half yearly, - - - THE BROWN BOOK : A Book of Ready Reference for the Use of Visitors and Residents in London, Containing selected Lists of Hotels, Boarding houses, Dining-rooms, Lodgings, &c. Full and Practical Information as to Charities of every description. Libraries, and Institutions ; Days of Meeting of the Scientific Societiesl Amusements, Theatrical, Musical, &c. With other Usetut Information, the whole classified in a novel manner. AlsU, a Handy List, showing the nearest Post-office, Telegraphic Station, Cab Stand, Fire Engine, ac., ac., to 1,000 Principal Streets. London : Saunders, Otley, and Co , 6z, Brook-street, W. and all booksellers, newsagents, and railw ty bookstalls. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON "FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Just published, ABOOK 6F BEAUTY. By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d. T H 0 X F 0 It D, F, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the following Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, by Sir 11. Bishop; also, from LA FORZA DEC DES I INO— Verdi ; by the fol lowing talented artistes. —plisses 'Russell, Townley, Fitz- Henry, W almsley, Tyrrell, and Ellison ; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, &c. Solos on the Violin by VIOTTI COLLINS, the cele brated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIANO, by Herr SCHAL KENB LICH, the Inventor. Comedy, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man "), Eurrene, W. Randall,W. T. Critchfield, T. Maclagan, George Hutchen son, and the marvellous Gymnasts, Messrs. Berri, Leach, and Foster. THIS EVENING, will be produced, supported by the entire company, a new and original Cantata, entitled "King Christmas." written by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and com posed by W. Meyer Lutz, expressly for the establishment. Director, Mr. F. Jonghnians. C ANTER BURY HALL—THE GHOST in the MAGIC FOUNTAINS, surpassing any of the Trans formation Scenes cf the Season—one of the most beautiful effects ever produced. The scene, " The Tempest ;" Ariel, Miss E. Townley. The flight of Ariel through the Fairy Fountains is certainly a triumph of art.--Vide Public Press. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions of the Estab ishment as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by Unsworth (the great Stump Orator), Eugene, W. Randall, G. Hutchenson, J. Jester, T. Maclagan, &c. Admission, ad.; Stalls and Balcony, is. Open every Evening. ROYAL AL II AM B RA.-FRANCONI'S GRAND CIRQUE IMPERIAL, EVERY EVENING, at Half-past Seven ; Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at Two. "This troupe is certainly one of the best we have had in England for some yeirs. The Cirque Imperial may safely count on a long career of prosperity in London."—The Times. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street.—Great Treat for the Juveniles during the Holidays.—The series of Models of the Kings of England, from the Conqueror to that of her present Majesty, attired in the magnificent costumes of their respective periods, is now near y complete ; and in the Chamber of Physiognomy are several new additions. Admission, ts. ; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 till dusk, and from 7 till 10. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Hay market. NOTICE. —M. JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS will be continued at the above elegant rooms. Admission ls. Conductor— M. JULLIEN. Solo Performers—Messrs. Mosca, Tyler, Horton, Snelling, Progrataki, M'Kcnney, Doors Open at 8, commence at half-past. Manager, M. GRENET. MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Address—BoTT and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. PRI Z E MEDAL -INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &0., , kO., To the Queen and the Piince of Wales. (Established 17?0.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862. testifies to he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn,! com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with Platted 'Wicks, patented.. d. per lb. Ordinary quality .. • . Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality •• •• .• •• .. Is. id. per lb. •• Second quality ls. 3d. per lb. Third quail, y is. ld. per lb. Carriage pa!d in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. irIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the recent XI heavy gales some of the boats of the Royal Na'ional Lifeboat Institution have been instrumental in rescuing the crews of the following wrecked vessels :—Schooner Theophi lus, of Aberdeen, 5 men; barque Tarnworth, of Norway, 17; schooner Iv . orthern Lights, of Preston, 4 : pilot boat, of St Ives, 7 ; schooner Arlon, of Workington, 4; schooner Gipsy, of Drogheda, 4 ; smack Saucy Jack, of Inverness, 1 ; barque Marietts, of Lisbon, 1 ; fishing boat, of Filey, 2 ; Tenby fishing boat, 3; and barque Providence, of Dantzle, 7. Total lives saved, 55. The lifeboats also assistel in bringing safely into port, with their crews, consisting of 29 men, the Italian brig Camoglino, the schooner Sir Cohn Campbell, of Whitby, the schooner Guilts, of Palermo. and the ketch Snip, of Am sterdam. The lifeboats also went off in reply to signals of distress on fourteen occasions, but their services were not ultimately required. The amount of reward p fid for all these services was £216. The Committee of the Institutionearnestiy AP PEAL to the public for ASSISTANL,E to enable them to mset the con tinued heavy demands on the Society's 125 bleb - :at estab lishments. Contributions are reedy. - d by all the London and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, elpßichard Lewis, L Esq., at the Institution, 14, Jchn-street ,Adhi, London. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN. MOLLARD , S PERFUMED SULPHUR SOAP and CREAM for ordinary toilet purposes, and "BAREGE' SULPHUR CREAM, for Baths, free from disagreeable odour ; an infallible means of preserving the skin and body in perfect health; they are also an effectual remedy in coring local and cutaneous affections and rheuma tism. Highly patronised and recommended by the most eminent physicians ,see Testimonials). Tablets of Soap, from Noc. 1 to 5, accord . ng to the degree of sulohnr they contain, sold at the depot, 2, Rupert-street, Coventry-street, London, W., and at all chemists. Prospectuses and testimonials sent on application. TEETH. —Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following aevantages :—A set of teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the moieth without the aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations iree.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, W ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Rear-Admiral Sir Jas. Hope, K,C.8., the future Com mander-in-Chief in the North American and West Indian waters, yesterday hoisted his flag at Portsmouth on board his flagship, the Duncan, 81 gun screw liner, The usual honorary salutes were exchanged with the Victory, the flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, G.C.13,, Port Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the district. A naval court•martial, consisting of Captains J. Sec combo (President), H. W. Hire, and R. Gibson, and Com _ Taanders Phelps and Curme, assembled yesterday on board her Majesty's ship Victory, at Portsmouth, for the trial of Joseph Lowth, a private, Royal Marines, lately serving in her Majesty's ship Queen, on charges of desertion and a fraudulent misapplication of mess money. The Court found the charges proved, and sentenced the prisoner to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour. The Lyra, 9-gun screw sloop, Commander Parr, went out at Portsmouth harbour yesterday, and anchored at Spit. head, where she took in her ammunition for sea. To-day, weather permitting, she will be tried at the measured mile in Stokes Bay, and if the results prove satisfactory will then be reported ready to proceed on foreign service. The Victoria, semi three-decker, 107 guns and 1,000 horse power of engines, is ordered to be brought down Portsmouth harbour and fitted out for commission. It is stated that she has been selected by the Admiralty to re- ... lieve the Marlborough, three-decker flagship of the Admiral Commanding-in-Chief on the Mediterranean station. The: Fox, screw storeship, went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday, with a cargo of machinery from Woolwich. Her Majesty's paddlewheel sloop Hecate, Captain G. H. Richards, ordered home from the Pacific, yesterday went up to Woolwich dockyard from Greenhithe, and berthed alongside the Salsette hulk, where she commenced discharg ing her powder preparatory to the Commodore's inspection, previously to her being paid out of commission. The Hecate was commissioned at Woolwich on the Ist of September, 1860, and she has consequently been absent three years and four months. On her arrival yesterday at noon and until sunset the offing in the river presented a most animated ap • pearance, from the number of shore boats laden with the wives, families, and friends of the ship's company who awaited her arrival off the dockyard. The War Department screw steamer Balaklava,Mr. Pellet master commander, yesterday went down the river from Woolwich Arsenal on an engineer's trial after repairs. The trial was in all respects satisfactory. She had previously shipped a portion of her cargo, consisting of 100 pounder Armstrong shot and some 7 inch shot, for Portsmouth, for the purpose of carrying out experiments on board the gun nery ship Excellent with Commander Scott's new gun. During the last few days a considerable quantity of angle and plate iron, chiefly from the Consett Ironworks, has ar rived at Chatham dockyard and landed at the Anchor wharf, to be used in the construction of the iron frigate Bellero phon. In accordance with the instructions from the Admi ralty the most rigid examination of every bar and plate of iron received at the dockyard is made by the officials ap pointed to thAt duty, after which the iron undergoes the usual tests at the hydraulic testing house in the dockyard, the Lords of the Admiralty having given directions for the Bellerophon to be constructed of the best description of iron it is possible to procure. Most of the iron recently received at Chatham has proved to be most excellent, the variety of tests to which it has been subjected failing to detect a flaw. On the other hand, however, some of the angle and plate iron has turned out to be very inferior, and the whole of this has been unceremoniously rejected, and returned to the contractor. The Wizard, screw steam gunboat, 60-horse power, at tached to the first division of the Sheerness steam reserve squadron, was taken up from Sheerness harbour for a pre liminary trial of her machinery, &c., at the measured mile off Maplin Sands, on Thursday, previous to being commis sioned for service on the West Coast of Africa. Au average speed of 8 knots an hour was attained, and the trial was considered altogether very satisfactory. The appointment of Masters-Attendant and Queen's Har bour master at Chatham has become vacant by the resigna tion of Commander C. Pope, who has held that post for upwards of 10 years. It is probable that the vacant office will be filled by one of the masters-attendant now stationed at Sheerness Dockyard. It was yesterday announced that some further changes will shortly take place among the officials connected with the naval establishments by the re tirement of some of the heads of departments now doing duty at Chatham Dockyard. The Bombay, 67, 2,782 tons, 400-horse power, fitting on No. 3 dry dock at Chatham as an admiral's flagship, has still about two months' more work to be completed on board before she will be ready for undocking. Additional cabins' and offices are being fitted on the upper deck for the admire. and his suite, and extra cabins placed on the main deck The topmasts and topgallant masts ale in their place, but the present severe weather has been very much against the expeditious rigging of the ship. The Bombay is in good condition, and the repairs requisite to fit her for the service on which she will be engaged aro very trifling. She was built at Bombay, where the Calcutta was also constructed, and was converted at Chatham a few years since to a screw steamer. The present will be her maiden cruise. On Wednesday an accident happened to a party of work men employed on board the Irresistible, 80, screw steam line-of-battle ship, being brought forward in dry dock at Sheerness for Coastguard service. It appears that the men were working in the screw aperture, and had made fast a staging with ropes to a "curling" or wooden beam over head. They required, however, to shift the stage, and the second time made it fast to one of the steps used in getting down the aperture to the propeller of the vessel. While four men were on the vessel inspecting the caulking pre vious to commencing to " pay " that portion of the verso the iron bolt which secured the stage broke, and the meni were precipitated to the bottom of the dock, a distance of about 27ft. A second stage just below broke the violence of the fall, and most probably preserved some, if not all, of their lives, but as it was George Brisley, caulker, received two large scalp wounds; —Vandepur, inspector of caulkers, suffered several abrasions of the skin, and was much shaken ; George Dace, caulker, sustained severe injury to his back, and John Hughes, labourer, was hurt in the hands and knees. The Q•euse of the iron bolt snapping is supposed to EPSOM SPRING MEETING. Entries for the City and Suburban Handicap of 15 sous each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared : the last mile and a quar ter. 148 subs. The weights to be published in due time : Lord Burleigh, Columbia, Aunt Judy, Dollar, D:. Syntax, Verbena, by De Ruyter ; Judex, Diviner, Birdfinder, King of Utopia, Gordian Knot, Barnham, Berkeley, Young Ra pid, Planet, Nebula, Summerside, Echo, Templar, Char mian, Rhoebus, Langford, Carnival, Fiancee, Iphigenia, Highland Piper, The Knave, Gladstone, Royal Stag, Sir Roger, Phemy filly, Crisis, Alabama, Saccharometer, Bon Soir (bred in France), Vivid, Hospodar, Jarrticoton, Newmarket, Fairy Ring, Blue Mantle, Man at Arms, La Toucques, Bradamante, Stockinger, Tage, Argonaut, St. Alexis, Greenland, Prince Plausible, Naxos, Tattoo, Mail Train, Muezzin, Catch-'em-Alive, Brother to Rubini, Voluptas, Joco, Exchequer, Kemptown, Umpire, Bellman, Merry Maid, The Beadle, Donnybrook, Adventurer, Tom Fool, Lucky Star, Horse Marine, Woodcraft, Blarney, Fly ing Fish, Gamma, Guardsman, Bacchus, Orphene, Leonora, Fitz-Avon, Avondale, Stockman, King Charming, Major, M. Philippe, Juliet, Barbadoes, Whitethorn, Veterinarian, Greville, Aurora, Blondin, Weatherspy, Black Fawn, Yamuna, Count Cavour, Ace of Clubs, Newchnrch, Early Purl, War Dance, Isca, Queen of Spain, Countersign, Me -1 landra, Lady Superior, Brindisi, Ostentation, Tademus, Golden Cross, Despair, Moulsey, Hawkshaw, Truant, Lis ton, Aurelian, Marigold, Merry Heart, Double First, Weather Glai.s, The Count, Dispute, John Davis, Crochet horse, Lady Milton, Tippler, Trumps, Redcap, Old Fuller, Balham, Limosina, Mahometan, Harvest Mall, BAthilde, Carisbrook, Beverley, Fantail, Lord Zetland, Lady Emma, Lady Warwick, Bittern, Cadiz, Bangle, c by King Tom out of Gentle Kitty, Pegasus, Gratitude, Stockowner, Barter, Odine, Canary, Mail Train, and Master Richard. Entries for the Great Metropolitan Stakes (Handicap) of 25 soya each, 15 ft, and only sif declared. Great Metropo litan Stakes Couree. Two miles and a quarter, to start at the winning chair. Eighty-two subs. The weights to be published in due time :—Aunt Judy, Dollar, Verbena, by De Ruyter, Bally Edmond, Jack of Hearts, Diviner, c by The Cure, out of Game Pullet, Cachuca, Change, Gordian Knot, Farnham, Young Rapid, Summerside, Echo, Templar, Charmian, Butterfly, Barchettina, Touch and Go, Iphi genia, Highland Piper, Lioness, The Knave, Costa, Royal Stag, Crisis, Alabama,lThe Ranger, Mikmla, by the Cos sack or Serious, out of Mathilda (bred in France), Detec tive, Blue Mantle, Anfield, Asteroid, Blackdown, Tattoo, Naxos, Catch-'em-Alive, Mail Train, Brother to Rubini, Joco, Kemptown, Glowworm, Watchman, Tailor, c by Windhound, out of Letcombe Lass, King Charming, Major, The Reserve, Lady of Coverham, Whitethorn, Veterina rian, Greville, Grimston, Blithfield, Yamuna, Connt Ca van; Welcome, Early Purl, Donne Canne, Fairwater, Isca, Brighton, Double X, Alpheus, Durham, The Count, John Davis, Old Fuller, Canary, Limosina, Mahometan, Harvest Mall, Beverley, Fantail, Sheridan, Lord Zetland, Lady Emma, Jeannette, Magnum Bonum, Welbeck, Gratitude, and Stockowner. NORTHAMPTON MEETING. Entries for the Great Northamptonshire Stakes (Handi cap) of 100 soya, added to a sweepstakes of 25 sous each; 15 ft, and 5 only if declared. Two miles, 97 subs.—Cherry Hill, Truant, West-End, Lapidist, Baldwin, C by Hospi tality out of Wensley, Spectre, Monk, Trust, Incitatus, Duchess of Kent, Change, Blondin, Knutsford, Detective, Dollar, Amelia, Gordian Knot, Llangollen, Ratcatcher, Be douin, Evenhand, Lioness, Costa, Crisis, Alabama, Anglo- Saxon, Limosina, Mahometan, Outlaw, Beverley, Fantail, Carisbrook, Principal, Brother to Springbok, Touch and Go, Iphigenia, Highland Piper, Benjamin, Mikmla, Worth less, Anfield, Wingrave, Glenorchy, Asteroid, Blackdown, Greenland, Kemptown, Mail Train, Joco, Brother to Ru bini, Farce, Claxton, Loiterer, Glow-worm, Watchman, Union Jack, Caroline, Ghillie Callum, Miss Emma, Earl of Surrey, M. Philippe, Flash-in-the-Pan, Whitethorn, Gibraltar, Spitfire Kitty, Welcome, Early Purl, Donne Canne, Countersign, Junius, Double First, Despair, Knave of Trumps, Trojanus, Danaus, Trumps, Redcap, Turn-of- Luck, Welbeck, Sheridan, Lord Zetland, Fairwater, Isca, Lady Coverham, Mantrap, Sweet Willie, David Ann, Blith field, Saft guard, Gardener, Petit Oiseau. Lord Stamford, Lord Winchelsea, Lord Cardigan, Mr. G. Douglas Pennant, and Colonel Pearson are subscribers, but did not name. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864. FEBILUARY. Birmingham Harrow Chelmsford l7 MAR, Nottingham Spring 1 Derby Spring 3 Liyerpmol Shrewsbury Doncaster Spring Warwick .. 16 Durham Northampton 29 Catterick Ar. C roxton- park 1 Edinburgh Spring .. '2 Aborgavenny Thirsk 5 M. Chester York Spring Salisbury l2 Bath Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven Newmarket First Spring 25 Manchester Harpenden Epsom 24 Ju: Ascot Hampton l5 Newton Odiham Bibnry Stockbridge Chelmsford 2B New Forest Hunt 2B Newcastle-on-Tyne .. Worcester (Summer) Ipswich .. Jti Newmarket July Carlisle Abingdon Liverpool July Stamford Pontefract Nottingham Winchester l9 Southampton .. 2O Chesterfield Goodwood Am Bright on 2 Brighton Club Lewes 5 Reading Egham Oxford lB Yarmouth SEPT] Weymouth 1 Warwick September 6 Leicester 8 Doncaster Brecon .. 19 OCT, Northallerton 6 Newmarket Second Oct lO Novi Shrewsbury Autumn Leamington & War. Hunt 22 York August Plymouth Derby Lichfield Stocktcn Devon and Exeter Richmond Monmouth 22 Manchester Autumn Newmarket First October 27 IBER. Gloucester Newmarket Houghton 24 KBER. Worcester Autumn .... 30 UST., :INIBER. 'IXTURES FOR 1864, STEEPLECHASING FEBR' rARY. Carmarthen Harrow Cambridge l2 MARCH. Grand Military (Rugby Hunt) l4 Arum. Abergavenny NOVEMBER. Leamington and Warwickshire Hunt 22 TATTERSALL'S-THE NEW PREMISES, (From the Field.) This important arena, with its several buildings, is now in a sufficiently advanced state to show the general design of the architect, and give a definite notion of the extensive arrangements which are being made for the increased ac commodation and comfort of its subscribers and the genera public. The plot of ground upon which it stands is nearly two acres in extent. It is approached from the east by Knightsbridge-green, near Sloane-street, and the facade consists of two square wing-blocks of yellow brick with Portland stone dressings, pierced with six windows on the two floors, and surmounted by stone parapets with ball ter minals. These blocks are divided by a pedimented gateway, beautifully carved, and two side entrances. The left-hand block is dedicated to the subscribers, the tight to the secre tary's offices, business departments, harness rooms, and the private dwellings of the superintendents. Although the en trance presents a comparatively narrow face, the space within gradually enlarges through a depth of 300 ft„ until it increases to more than double the width of the facade. The subscription-room is approached by a side foot entrance, and railed elf from the centre road so as to preserve to its frequenters the utmost possibly privacy ; it is entered by lofty folding-doors. It is a magnificent saloon of elegant proportions, being 60ft by 30ft, while a clear height of 26ft Gin is obtained. It is lighted by day by two large domes ISft high, covered with lunette lights, each formed of ono large piece of glass. A third dome is in the centre of the ceiling, in which an enormous sun-burner is placed to illuminate the whole by night. The principle—which is that of Messrs. Forrest and son, of Fetter-lane—is peculiar, as by a duplex arrangement the whole of the ceiling is brilliantly lighted, and not thrown into shadow or half-tint, as by most of the ordinary means. These domes are already bordered by a beautiful gunlock° pattern, and will be enriched with coloured devices. The Important Shot Trials at Shoeburyness. Yesterday forenoon important shot trials were made at Shoeburyness on the Warrior target, by shot fired from the 68 pounder, with the usual ser vice charge. The Warrior target, it will be remem bered, has on its face 41- inch hammered—not rolled —armour plates, immediately behind these 18 inches of teak backing, and again behind the teak a thin iron skin, and strong iron frames, the latter in lieu of the wood timbers of a wood ship: Such a target it will further be remembered w as destro y ed the other day by a single 6101 b, shell, fired at 1,000 yards, from the Aemstror.g 600 pounder, and time and again has been riddled by the steel-jacketed and steel shot of Whitworth and Armstrong. It, however, uniformly repelled the 68 pounder ; the 681 b. shot, with a charge 0f,161b. merely making an indentation of two inches, starting or breaking bolts, buckling artiour plates, and inflicting irre parable injury on the teak backing. For these rea sons one class of individuals has claimed great effi ciency for the 68 pounder ; affir ming that a concen trated broadside of such guns is sufficient for the destruction of armoured ships afloat. Another class of individuals, however, from the same facts; has arrived at a totally different conclusion ; maintain ing that without a more effective gun we could not carry on a war at sea on anything like safe or equal terms. Accordingly, to produce a more effective gun, Whitworth, Armstrong, and others have laboured and are still labouring ; the hypothesis from which they reason being that the 68 pounder, singly or in concentrated broadsides, is unequal to the destruction of armoured ships. Mr. E. J. Reed and others, on the other hind, while leaving artillerists to fight their own battle, have prac tically accepted the big gun theory, and in pro viding ships with armour plates of greater thick ness than 4-kin., assume the possibility of the ulti mate construction, easy handling, and rapid firing of what may still be called hypothetical gnns—the 600 pounder Armstrong gun notwithstanding, that gun actually requiring from 25 to 30 practised Shoeburyness gunners to obtain three discharges in an hour. Mr. E. J. Reed, and those who think with him, in effect throw over the 66 pounder, take what is called broad and far-seeing views of ships and guns, the meaning of which in plain English is, that for little guns there are little ships and qin. armour plates, while for big guns there are big ships and any thickness of armur plates you choose, from 6 to 12 inches. Yesterday forenoon, at Shoeburyness, the friends of the 68 pounder had good reason to prick up their years. They saw the deductions negatived that the firing with the 600 pounder at 1,000 yards appeared to warrant. They discovered that while an ordinary cast-iron spherical shot fired at the Warrior target from 200 yards effected an indenta tion of 2 1-10 in., a steel shot of the same form and weight, fired under the same conditions, went through the 41in. armour plates on the Warrior target, and in all probability would have gone through the teak backing also with an 181 b. or 201 b. charge of powder. With steel shot and an increased charge of powder, the presumption therefore is that the 68 pohnder is able to penetrate and destroy any possible thickness of armour and teak backing that any seagoing ship of war is ever likely to carry comfortably. The presumption will be un expected but not unwelcome to naval officers and the great body of scientific men interested in such matters. Handy guns and handy weettherly ships that may open their broadsides on an enemy in mo derately rough weather are what, of all things, we most require, and it is to be hoped that the aril nance select committee and the select committee on iron will before long set the point definitively at rest by ne w experiments, whether a heavier broad side gun than the 68-pounder is really needed. What remains to be done is to increase the 68. pou nder service charge from 161 b., and to fire steel het with the increased charge at one of Mr. Reed's ta-- gets. It is gratifying to add that steel shot for tie 68-pounder will cost no more per ton than armour plates, although the shots for the Armstrong 600- pounder cost as near as can be £5O each. The shots -fired yesterday were only three in number, so unexpected being the result that no more shots had been provided 1. 68-pound cast iron shot, 161 b. charge. 2. 68. pound steel shot 161 b. charge. 3. 68-pound steel shot, 161 b. charge. The first shot left an indentation of 2 I.loth inches, and broke six bolts. The second effected a measured penetration of 4 8-10th inches in the 41.-inch plate. The third effected a like penetration, burying itself in the armour-plate, and sticking fast. With the quality of the armour-plates being ham mered, not rolled—no fault can possibly be found, as from first to last the armour plates of the makers, the Thames Iron Works and Shipbuilding Com pany have maintained the highest character. The steel shot did the mischief. The same shot has been, and is still, being manufactured for the Russian and other Governments on an extensive scale by the ) makers, Messrs. John Brown and Co., Atlas Steel and Iron Works, Sheffield. STATE OF TRADE, MANCHESTER, Jan, 18.—The yarn market is still very quiet, and business appears to be all but suspended. There has been rather more inquiry, but the object does not appear to have been so much with an intention of buying as of test ing prices. Some offers have been made for export yarns, including India mule, but at rates too low for acceptance. Home made yarns are still flatter than shipping yarns, and there has been next to nothing doing in them. In these, prices are id to ld per lb. lower than last week, but even this reduction fails to attract purchasers. We hear of great irregularity in quotations, ant a still greater discrepancy between the offers of purchasers in some cases and those of others. Spinners, however, though willing to make some concession, are not prepared to accept the sacrifice which such offers would involve, and without it there is little or no disposition to business. The market has rarely been so in active. In the cloth market the same stagnation prevails. Many manufacturers aro very firm in adhering to late quo tations, but buyers will not listen to them. Some offers have been made, but at prices which precluded the hope of arrangement. To effect sales manufacturers would cer tainly have to take prices considerably under those of last week. No doubt the extreme flatness of the Liverpool cotton market yesterday and to-day has reacted upon business here. Probably the floods of light thrown upon the cotton question by trade circulars, some of them of a rather sensa tional character like the current literature of the day, have also some effect upon business. The general result, at all events, seems to have been to induce a strong impression in favour of lower prices prevailing. CARDIrF, 7th,—The iron trade is active. The advanced quotations are maintained with firmness, and there is no difficulty in booking orders. Scotch pig warrants have declined 2s to 3s per ton during the last few days. The decks are crowded with ships, and the steam coal collieries aro on full time. If the present demand for steam coal continues the new docks will be required before the founda tion stone is laid. The cold weather has given an impetus to the house coal trade, and prices are firmer than has been the case for a lonr, time. NOTTINGHAM, Bth.—The attendance on 'Change to-day was very limited, many of the znattufacturers being engaged THE WEATHER, Yesterday morning the thermometer at the Hu• mane Society's receiving house in Hyde-park re gistered 25 deg., a temperature 5 deg. higher than that of Wednesday at the same hour. At noon the mercury had risen to 27 deg. The wind was from the N.E., and the atmosphere was hazy. The scene in the parks was quite as animated as it has been on the previous day. It is estimated that not less than 30,000 persons assembled on the walks which surround the Serpentine, and that 8,000 sliders and skaters went upon the ice. The great attraction oa the ice was a novel performance named " hurdle racing." The ground ice was swept up and piled some 12 or 18 inches high. A number of persons, including ladies, then started at a given signal from one end of the pond, and skated along with great rapidity until they reached the piles of ice, which they cleared, alighting upon the ice on the opposite side, and again darting off at full speed, After turning round the same performances were gone through. At Hyde Park during the day 10,000 persons met upon the ice. A novel game was introduced—that of skaters pushing in front of them wicker baskets with ladies seated inside. The Long Water in Kensington-gardens had 2,000 sliders and skaters, including a large number of ladies and members of the Skating Club. Long skating and fancy skating were carried on with great spirit throughout the day. After dark the grand railway match was commenced. Each person who took part in the proeeedicgs, and there were several hundreds in each race, carried either a lighted flambeaux iu his or her hand, or else a lamp oa the head. Of a sudden the railway whistle was sounded and then the skaters started off at a furious pace, coloured fires being occasionally thrown up. All the sheets of ornamental water in the other parks and the canals, in most of which the ice is now three inches thick, were visited yesterday by large crowds, and on all of them sliding and skating were kept up with great spirit. Yesterday immense quantities of floating ice were drifting in the river, rendering the passage of paddle steamers hazardous. Their plying was consequently partially suspended. The entrance and basins at the various docks being frozen up, the laden barges and lighters are prevented from moving. This has caused serious inconvenience to merchants, and great privations and sufferings to the dock and wharf labourers, who cannot obtain their usual employment. The river Lime, above Lancaster, has been for some days covered with a thick crust of ice, upon which crowds of skaters have amused themselves since Monday. In some places the ice was thick, but in others, and especially in the rapid parts of the river, it was very thin and treacherous. On Wednesday morning last a young man of 20, named James William Mason, with another young man named Dunnerdale, went to skate upon one of the reaches of the river known as Haltorawater, and as the river is some seven feet deep in this spot, and there is ordinarily a pretty strong current, it is con sidered a dangerous place to commence skating upon untilthe frost has been both long and severe. How ever, Mason and his companion began to skate over the river, and Dunnerdale, in approaching a certain portion, felt the ice crack beneath him, so he got away as quickly as he could, and warned Mason from going near the unsafe place. Mason, how ever, immediately made for the spot where the ice was thinnest, and when he had got about four or five yards further than Dunnerdale had been the ice suddenly broke, and he fell into the water. He sank to the bottom but immediately rose again, and clutched convulsively at the ice round him. At length be got his elbows upon the ice, and tried to raise his body out of the water, but again the ice broke, and he sank. By this time some spectators threw a couple of poles towards him, but he could not see them, as when he rose a second time only the top of his head and forehead were visible above water. He then sank again, and was seen no more. Drags were procured, the ice broken, and a search made for the body, but nearly two hours elapsed before it was recovered. It had drifted under the ice to about three yards from where deceased fell in. An inquest was held on Thursday on the body of the deceased. The coroner, Mr. Holden, in sum ming up the case, said it was a great pity that greater precautions were not, adopted at this season to prevent accidente of this description, which were unfortunately so common, from terminating fatally. In London, although such accidents were of almost daily occurrence during the skating season upon the ornamental waters in the parks, they were seldom attended by loss of life, because there were means at hand, and people employed exprcss:y to render immediate assistance in case of accident. Life was quite as valuable in Lancaster as in London, and yet one would hardly think so from the way in which the simplest precautions were neglected. Had ropes and ladders been at hand in this case, with some one to use them promptly, in all proba bility the deceased's life might have been saved. The jury retu:ned a verdict of " Accidental Death." The Scotsman of yesterday says :—" The keen frosty weather which has prevailed for some days past continued with unabated severity, and great •W' - -, - . .. 114 ,.. 7 . AI, V\ LIE-xl ER ,5 2.-- ' ~---.z.-,--i-ETn umbers of persons turned out from Eibub,. J ,l pa r, :s l\, the lochs to enjoy the exhilarating exerc . lila ti- ' 'Zik Vo . "!:, ing. Unlike the previous day, the atm 404'-4:-- : 1:1 - 27, free from• raist; and a clear blue sky imp kitjr ' ." 4- 4 . 4v/ 4 4 t . of geniality to the day, which added z t . ' l 4 - liti4l,; "7:_,. " '" 7 'e pastime of the pleasure.seekers who throngedMio a s frozen water s of Duddingston. The number of people on the loch during the day was fully larger r f than on previous days, and there were a great many ladies, most of whom entered into the sport - with much spirit. The ice was in very good condition, considering the immense crowds of skaters that had ploughed up its surface during the past few days; but as might have been expectad, considerable annoyance was caused to those enjoying the recreation which the expanse of th© loch afforded by the large quantity of reeds and foreign substances of all kinds that was strewed upon it in every dieection. liis Royal Highness Prince Alfred again visited Duddingston Loch yes terday forencon, and spent some time in skating. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. -4.--- The usual weekly meeting was held yeEterday at the offices of the board, Spring-gardens— Mr. , Thwaites in the chair. The cash statemEnt showed that the balences in the hands of the treasurer on current accounts amounted to £71,243 2s. Sd., on deposit accounts to £35,122 10s. DI, and in Government securities to £86,729 Bs. Id. A deputation from the Hackney District Board of Works presented a memorial on the subject of the proposed new railways within the hackney dis trict, and calling the attention of the Board to the fact that if the lines proposed were sanctioned, it would very much injure and cut up the district. The CHAIRMAN said the subject was of great im. portance, and had given him some anxiety. The engineer was preparing a report on the new rail ways, which would soon he presented, when they , would go into the question. However, the interests of the ratepayers would be carefully watched over by the Board. A report from the finance committee was brought up, to the effect that they were in negotiation for a loan of £50,000, for the purposes of the Finsbury Palk Act, 1857, at 4,1 per cent. per annum, for 20 years. After some discussion the report was adopted, with an amendment that the money was to be bori rowed for 30 years, instead of 20; but if it could not be obtained for 30 years, then the money was to be raised for 20 year 3. The meeting then went into a committee of the whole Board on the Thames Embankment, with reference to the inquiries for Messrs. Ritson and Co.'s contract, strangers being excluded. The committee having deliberated about an hour, the public were admitted, and a report of the pro ceedings of the committee was submitted, to the effect that the Board had considered a report from the solicitor as to the substitution of other securi ties for Messrs. Ritson and Co.'s contract for the Thames Embankment from Waterloo-bridge to the east end of the Inner Temple, than those proposed by that firm, and the competency of the securities proposed, and of Messrp. Ritson's competency to carry out the work, had been made out to the complete satisfaction of the board. It was therefore recommended that the securities be accepted. After the transaction of some routine business the Board adjourned. Daring Escape of a Female Prisoner. A young woman, named Margaret Godfrey, escaped from the Town-hall on Tuesday, by extra. ordinary agility and daring. She was in the women's yard attached to the cells, along with another woman. The constable who has charge of the cells was busy swilling the floors of the parade ground which adjoins, only divided from the women's yard by a short passage, The officer had to go into the women's yard for water, and missed Godfrey, whom he had seen a few minutes before. The other women said she was in the water-closet; the officer never sup posed for a moment she could possibly have got out of the yard. On going again to the yard, some time afterwards, the officer became suspicious, and called to Godfrey, without receiving any answer. Further inquiry proved that she had escaped. The walls round the yard are surmounted by sharp. pointed palisades, the height of both being more than 20ft. A water pipe runs down the side of the wall next to the men's yard, and affords the only possible chance of climbing the walls of the women's yard. To prevent escape by this mode, two rows of long spikes have been fixed at the junction of this wall with the more lofty cross wall, which adjoins a passage leading into Castle green. For anybody ~ vearing petticoats to climb over these spikes seems to be impossible ; it is a feat which only a daring and agile man would attempt. From an examina tion of the wall, however, it was clear that the pri soner had escaped that way. For difficulties did not end when she reached the top of the wall ad joining the Castle-green•passa;e, and climbed over the high and sharply-pointed palisades fixed on the top of it. She had then to throw herself down the other side, a depth of at least 16ft or 17ft, there being no prejeccions by the aid of which she could descend any part of the way before releasing her hold. She had taken the risk of so deep a fall and had got away. Feeling sure she could not have ac• complished the feat without sustaining severe in juries, the chief constable directed inquiries to be made, which resulted in the speedy discovery of the woman at the Infirmary, where she was under treatment for severe injury to the spine. She had been taken there in a cab by a man with whom she is connected, and it is conjectured that she had become aware that he was on the other side of the wall before she attempted to escape. Possibly the " young gentleman " resorted to the trick celebrated in so many old stories of serenading his lady-love, in order to inform her that he was waiting to receive her. He would probably try to catch her when she dropped down, but if so his services were of small avail, Curiously enough, the dangerous feat was undertaken to secure a very inadequate object. Men who escape from prison are generally daring thieves, who have the chance or certainty of long transportation or penal servi tude before them, but Godfrey had been committed to prison for a month only, as a disorderly prosti tute—a punishment which does not generally inspire much dread in persons of her class.—Sheffield Inde pendent. # /i~.~~ RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From. the Illustrated London News.) The will of Sir John Spencer Login, Knight, of Lancas ter-gate, Hyde Park, and of Felixstowe, Suffolk, was proved in London, under £12,000 personalty in this country. Sir John had held high posts in connection with the Army and civil service in India, and was in the medical service of the Hon. East India Company, and the guardian of his High. ness the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh. Sir John died in October last, at his country seat, at the age of 56, having executed his will the December previous. The executors and trustees nominated are his relict (Lady Login), his cousin (Thomas B. Spence), and the testator's two sons, Edward and Spencer Login, who are in their minority. The whole of the property is left to Lady Login, for the maintenance of herself and children, and is to be divided equally amongst them upon her decease. The will of William Shuttleworth, Esq., of Plaistow Hall, Bromley, and Fent:lurch-street, was proved in London, under £60,000 personally. The executors are his relict and Joseph Shuttleworth, Esq., of Hartsholnie, Lincoln, toge ther with Henry Thompson, Mincing. lane, and W. I\kiel, Fenchurch.strect, both teabrokeri. The will bears date July last, and the testator has directed that his business should be carried on for the benefit of his estate. To his wife he has bequeathed an annuity of £'2,000; the residue of his property is to ba divided amongst his children on the youngest attaining the age of 24. 'the will of James Bunstone Bunning, Esq., F.S.A., of Gkueester-terrace, Regent's Palk, was proved in the Lon don Court, on the 15th ult., by his relict, the sole executrix —the personally sworn under 170,000. The testator as for raaDy years the architect for the City o f London, h appointment he retained until his death , in Novemb er em er which last. His will was cxecutLd in April b equeathed use last, and ho has xqueathed use and benefit. hie whole of his property to his w ife. for her own absolute STEAM DOOMED.—Tbere can be 130 doubt but that engines worked by steam, the employment of which is always attended with so great a loss of heat, will eventually be superseded by air or caloric engines, where there is no lose by condensation. Theoretically, air-engines are perfect, and the practical difficulties that prevented their adoption are being overcomo.—lntellectual Qbserrer. s tr t :o 6 f 10 aged ,rifle' toss r ~0 1 t 11 ' ire"